Intel Core i3-9100 vs Intel Core i5-9400T

Core i3-9100 vs Core i5-9400T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9400T beats the Core i3-9100 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-9100 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9400T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100. Indeed, the Core i5-9400T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-9100 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9400T. Also, the Core i3-9100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9400T outputs less heat than Core i3-9100 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-9400T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-9100. The Core i5-9400T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i3-9100 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.